Item Detail
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Groce, Nancy
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Musical instrument makers of New York : a directory of eighteenth and nineteenth century urban craftsmen
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Book
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Stuyvesant, N.Y.
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c1991
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Pendragon Press
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xxi, 200 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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English
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0918728975; 9780918728975
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Musical instrument makers--New York (State)--New York--Biography--Dictionaries.
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Musical Instrument Makers; Eighteenth Century; Nineteenth Century; New York
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ML 404 .G76 1991
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Groce, Nancy. Musical Instrument Makers of New York: A Directory of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Urban Craftsmen. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press, 1991.
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A directory of New York musical instrument makers during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Directory of musical instrument artisans in New York who owned their own workshops during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries according to local directories, regional and trade directories, and census reports.
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Entries are organized alphabetically by last name of artisan. Each contains dates of employment and location of employment, a brief biography, and quotes from directories and other sources about the artisan. Also contains an index of Sources Used, Index by Types of Instruments, and Selected Bibliography.
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Useful for research on instrument manufacturing. Directory is believed to be fairly accurate.
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Limited to artisans in New York. Source field is narrow.
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BYU Mus Ref
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3302